Box-stay for vehicles



(No Model.)

- E. J. ASTRONG.

BOX STAY FOR VEHIGLES No. 261.641. Patented July 25, 1882.*

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN J. STBONG, OF POWHATTAN, IOWA.

BOX-STAY FOR VEHICLES;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No, :261,641, dated July 25,1882.

Application filed February 17, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may cancer-n:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J.STRONG, of Powhattan, in the county ofPocahontas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Vehicle-Box Stays, of which the following, is a full, clear, 'andexact'de-i backward or forward, While at the same time the box isallowed to rise and fall vertically with perfect ease; and'to this endit consists of the peculiar arrangement and constrnction of the parte,as hereinafter' more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, A reprsents a buggy-box, to the bottom ofwhich is bolted or otherwise secured near its middle the bent hanger S.

C represents a Vertical compensating link or lever, pivoted or jointedat its middle, H, to the hanger S near its lower end. To the upper endof the compensating-link G is pivotally Secured at J a rod, R, theopposite end of which is pivotally secured at J' to a brace, I, Securedto the front axle, B, or reach. The lower end of the Verticalcompensatin g-link C is pivotally seeured at J to a rod, R', of the samelength as the rod R and parallel thereto, and the opposite or outer endof the rod R' is jointed to an arm, I, Secured to the rear axle, D, orreach.

a b represent braces extendin g from opposite sides of the hanger S tothe front and rea-r 'ends of the box.

As the box A moves np and down the opposite ends of the link O describeopposite and equal eurves, and the pivotal point H at the center of thelink C moves up and down vertically.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the bent hanger S, secured to the under face ot'the bottom of the box A and steadied by braces a b, of the verticalcompensting-link G, pivoted at its middle to the hanger, and parallelrods R R', pivoted at their inner ends to the opposite ends of the linkC, and pivoted at their outer ends to the braces I 1 securedrespectively to the front and rear axles, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN J. STRONG.

Witnesses:

0. I. STRONG, LIZZIE L. STRONG.

